OL STONE COLD

About

OL STONE COLD is a Weird Facebook page that posts left-leaning political statements, as well as nihilist and atheist opinions, in the voice of American actor retired WWE wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Oftentimes, the fictional character's commentaries conclude with one of Austin's better known catchphrases, such as “GIMME A HELL YEAH” or “AND THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE.”

Origin

The Facebook profile^[1] page for the politically liberal caricature of Steve Austin was created under the name “StoneCold Steve Austin” on December 6th, 2012, with the first post that read:

OLD STONE COLD IS JUST FIGURING THIS FACEBOOK THING OUT BUT WHEN HE DOES HE'S GONNA STOMP A MUDHOLE IN ALL YOU SUMBITCHES AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE

Spread

Between 2013 and 2016, the “StoneCold Steve Austin” profile gained over 4,600 friends. On May 3rd, 2016, Redditor Xillath submitted a screenshot of a status update scolding the use of the Confederate flag as Facebook profile images to the /r/ForwardsFromGrandma subreddit^[4], where it received 143 points and 99% upvotes (shown below).

On May 4th, StoneCold Steve Austin announced the launch of a separate fan page^[2] titled “OL STONE COLD" in honor of the fictional character, due to an overwhelming volume of friendship requests that had been sent to the original Facebook page. Upon its launch, the “OL STONE COLD” fan page^[3] quickly gained traction among Weird Facebook subscribers, amassing over 17,000 likes within the first three months. On May 9th, the original "StoneCold Steve Austin" page posted a status update revealing that the account had been zucked by Facebook administrators, and as a result, its profile name was changed to “Steve Austin.”^[5]

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